Sunday, 21 December 2025

Author: Natasha Jee

Leaders must be wise, courageous, trustworthy: Taib

KUCHING: All leaders must have wisdom and courage when addressing challenges and managing the various demands of today’s society. Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said leaders need to have these qualities because Sarawak has people of different races and religions and different demands that need to

CM’s Raya open house at BCCK

KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg and his wife are inviting members of the public to their Hari Raya open house at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK). The open house will be held on the first day of Raya (today) and tomorrow (June 6) from 10am till

SUPP surprised Shafie appoints non-Sabahan as assemblyman

KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) is surprised that Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Shafie Apdal has accepted the recommendation of Democratic Action Party (DAP) to appoint a non-Sabahan as a nominated assemblyman. Penang-born Loh Ee Eng has lived in Sabah for many years. SUPP secretary general Datuk Sebastian

Stay united to realise Vision 2030: CM

‘We’ll be a developed state via digital economy, 65 people-centric initiatives’ KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has called upon all Sarawakians, regardless of their races, religions and political affiliations, to work together and continue to preserve the state’s unity and harmony. Unity is of paramount importance

Don’t play the blame game: Masing  

KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing has reproached Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for having said recently that development projects nationwide were delayed due to problems left behind by the previous government. “It has always been his excuses. When former prime ministers Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Lightning does strike twice: Winners take home over RM52 million

KUCHING: Lightning never strikes twice but this is not the case for the Sports Toto outlet in Menglembu, Perak which saw one Toto 4D Jackpot winner and a group of Power Toto 6/55 winners in one day. Despite the odds of winning two jackpots at the same place on the

Online vs traditional shopping

Some things just don’t sell well online, says trader KUCHING: Has online businesses affected their traditional brick-and-mortar counterparts? After all, the Internet has changed how people shop for goods and services nowadays. According to e-commerce consumers survey released by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) yesterday, 51.2 per cent

Double celebration sees brisk business in city malls, shops

KUCHING: Most shopping malls and shophouses in Kuching City are experiencing brisk business and even major roads are jam packed with traffic, largely due to the Gawai Dayak and Hari Raya festivals celebrated just a few days apart. The popular India Street Pedestrian Mall was packed with shoppers as early

Road upgrading to be completed by May, 2020

KUCHING: Upgrading works on Belaga-Menjawah Road in the Kapit Division is currently at 13.15 per cent completion. The road which links Belaga Town to Bakun Road was constructed under the Jiwa Murni programme and completed in 2016. State Public Works Department (JKR) in press statement said it had been decided

Be united for the betterment of Sarawak: CM

KUCHING: It is always good for the Dayaks to unite among themselves and see how they can best participate in Sarawak’s economic development along with their counterparts from other races. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said that Sarawak belongs to all and it is his personal conviction